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Automating the install of Splunk MC

brent_weaver
Builder

We are a large distributed shop that has a requirement for all things automated. I have most of my deployment automated, with a few exceptions... One of these exceptions is the Splunk Management Console. Does anyone have any Splunk ninja tricks to automate the setup of MC? Is it an app? Any thoughts are welcome!

Thanks!

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deepashri_123
Motivator

hey brent_weaver,

Could you figure out the automation of dmc set-up? I am stuck with same problem. Any help will be appreciated.

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gjanders
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

What exactly within the MC are you trying to automate?

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jkat54
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The MC uses several conf files and some lookups. You’ll probably want to configure it a couple times in development and see what all is modified then replicate that in your automation code.

This page shows all the conf files:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.0.0/DMC/HowtheDMCworks

Check out the saved searches that generate the asset lookups etc. you’ll want to automate the execution of those searches and then figure out what to modify in the other conf files. It sounds like you’ve got what it takes, so I have no doubt you’ll figure it out from there.

Cheers and let us know if you get stuck.

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